This course varies in topic and fulfills requisite coursework for the Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics. Topics may range from foundational coursework (e.g. Spanish Phonetics and Phonology, History of the Spanish Language, etc.) to specialized topics in Hispanic Linguistics (e.g. Microsociolinguistics, Contact Linguistics, etc.).

This course varies in topic and fulfills requisite coursework for the Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics. Topics may range from foundational coursework (e.g. Spanish Phonetics and Phonology, History of the Spanish Language, etc.) to specialized topics in Hispanic Linguistics (e.g. Microsociolinguistics, Contact Linguistics, etc.). (Spanish) Multilingualism - Taught in English, this course serves as an in-depth exploration of the theoretical foundations of the study of multilingual speakers in Linguistics disciplines. A focal point in the course will be the empirical definition of a “multilingual,” which has had important methodological as well as theoretical implications for the study of a myriad of language-related phenomena, including code-switching, language contact, dialect contact, language transfer, language acquisition, foreign language pedagogy, language variation and change, translanguaging, and language localization in the brain, among others. Through a review of several case studies on phonological, phonetic, morphosyntactic, and lexical variables in Spanish and other languages, students will gain a critical understanding of various approaches to defining and consequently researching multilingualism and the linguistic phenomena ascribed to “multilinguals” and “monolinguals,” the former of whom notably constitute the majority of the world’s population, while the latter minority traditionally form the center of linguistic theory.

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